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  2. General Confession - Wikipedia

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    In Anglicanism, the "General Confession" is the act of contrition in Thomas Cranmer's 1548 order of Communion and later in the Book of Common Prayer. [2]In Methodism, the General Confession is the same act of contrition in The Sunday Service of the Methodists and Methodist liturgical texts descended from it.

  3. Sacraments of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The other Last Rites are Confession (if the dying person is physically unable to confess, at least absolution, conditional on the existence of contrition, is given), and the Eucharist, which when administered to the dying is known as "bread for the journey" or by the Latin name "Viaticum", literally "provisions for a journey".

  4. Precepts of the Church - Wikipedia

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    The Catholic Church considers itself the appointed public organ and interpreter of God's revelation for all time. The Catholic Church also claims that for the effective discharge of its office, it must be empowered to give its laws the gravest sanction. These laws, when they bind universally, have for their object: [5]

  5. Seal of confession in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    However, the Catholic Church punishes with excommunication latae sententiae anyone who records by any technical means or divulges what is said by the confessor or penitent. [18] [20] There are limited cases where portions of a confession may be revealed to others, but always with the penitent's permission and never by revealing the penitent's ...

  6. Glossary of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    This is a glossary of terms used within the Catholic Church. Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow.

  7. Category:Confession (Catholic Church) - Wikipedia

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  8. Book of Common Prayer (1549) - Wikipedia

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    Instead, the priest made a general confession of sin on behalf of the whole congregation and pronounced absolution. Following the absolution, the priest said what are known as the "comfortable words", scripture passages which give assurance of Christ's mercy (taken from Matthew 11:28, John 3:16, 1 Timothy 1:15 and 1 John 2:1–2). [ 68 ]

  9. Ten Commandments in Catholic theology - Wikipedia

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    The most recent Catechism of the Catholic Church, the official summary of Church beliefs, devotes a large section to the Commandments, [7] which serve as the basis for Catholic social teaching. [4] According to the Catechism , the Church has given them a predominant place in teaching the faith since the fifth century. [ 7 ]